This <a href="http://inhabitat.com/happy-thanksgiving-from-inhabitat-3/">Thanksgiving</a>, if mom is giving you grief for turning mashed potatoes into gravy-covered mountains, maybe you can get her to appreciate your handiwork by showing her these fantastical food photos. They're all the work of <a title="Carl Warner" href="http://www.carlwarner.com/information.html">Carl Warner</a>, a UK-based photographer who has spent the last ten years, well, playing with his food. But this is no mealtime distraction: each image involves the work of a team of model-makers and food artists who, in true Thanksgiving spirit, share the leftovers from each photo shoot. Read on to learn more about making breadstick piers and jalapeno shrubbery!

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Foodscapes by Carl Warner

Each shot takes several days to build, shoot, and correct in post-production. Since food, as you know, perishes, the sets have to be built in layers-- otherwise the cilantro trees wilt before the garlic houses are ready.

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Foodscapes by Carl Warner

Warner begins with a sketch that is then developed by his team into the lush landscapes, that are usually built in a studio on a triangular table-top.

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Foodscapes by Carl Warner

His images have gone viral in the last few years, earning him the momentum and recognition to publish <a title="Food Landscapes" href="http://www.carlwarner.com/information.html">a recent book</a>.

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Foodscapes by Carl Warner

Like<a title="Matthew Carden" href="http://inhabitat.com/matthew-carden-food-art-at-inhabitots/"> Matthew Carden,</a> he's become known for his work with food. Yum.

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Foodscapes by Carl Warner

This Thanksgiving, if mom is giving you grief for turning mashed potatoes into gravy-covered mountains, maybe you can get her to appreciate your handiwork by showing her these fantastical food photos. They're all the work of Carl Warner, a UK-based photographer who has spent the last ten years, well, playing with his food. But this is no mealtime distraction: each image involves the work of a team of model-makers and food artists who, in true Thanksgiving spirit, share the leftovers from each photo shoot. Read on to learn more about making breadstick piers and jalapeno shrubbery!